1872.000 Populus L. - Poplars

Description of the genus

Dioecious trees. Leaves alternate, simple, stipulate. Buds with several clearly visible unequal outer scales. Flowers appearing before the leaves, in pendulous catkins, catkin scales toothed or laciniate; each flower with a cup-like disk; stamens 4-many.

Derivation of name: the classical name for poplars

Worldwide: 35 species in northern temperate regions

Zimbabwe: 2 taxa.

Populus ×  canescens

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
deltoides Bartram ex MarshallCDescription, Image
× canescens (Aiton) Sm.W,C,EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Populus:

Our websites:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Populus

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Populus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Populus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Populus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Populus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Populus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Populus
JSTOR Plant Science: Populus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Populus
Plants of the World Online: Populus
Tropicos: Populus
Wikipedia: Populus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Populus.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=460, retrieved 19 March 2024

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